CINCINNATI (AP) — Health officials have ordered tuberculosis tests for about 175 residents and employees of a Cincinnati apartment complex because a doorman is believed to be infected with the disease.

The man, who was not identified, is in isolation and is being treated, said Lynn Kilbane, clinic coordinator with Hamilton County Tuberculosis Control.

The Highland Towers building in the Mount Adams neighborhood includes The Celestial Restaurant. Health officials want to test anyone who visited the building or restaurant regularly in the past six months, Kilbane said.

Tuberculosis is contagious, but is generally spread through repeated, prolonged contact. Results of lab tests to determine whether the doorman has a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis won't be available for several weeks, Kilbane said.

Health officials have no reason to believe the man is infected with one of the more dangerous strains, Kilbane said.

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